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NGC 7082 - Open Cluster in Cygnus

Altitude: 26.0°   Azimuth: 45.9°   Direction: North-East

NGC 7082 is a Open Cluster in the Cygnus constellation. NGC 7082 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.

NGC 7082
Open Cluster
Cygnus

NGC 7082 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 26.0°
Azimuth: 45.9°
Direction: North-East

See also NGC 7082 rise and set times.

Given its visual magnitude of 7.2, NGC 7082 is visible with the help of a small binocular.

Available Resources for NGC 7082 - Open Cluster in Cygnus

Photometric information of NGC 7082

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 7082 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).

7.7
7.2

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

Apparent size of NGC 7082

The following table reports NGC 7082 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 7082 is a visual representation of it.
9 arcmin
9 arcmin

Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 7082

The image below is a photograph of NGC 7082 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).

Image of NGC 7082 - Open Cluster in Cygnus star
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DSS2 image of NGC 7082 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (9 arcmin) and minor (9 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 7082

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 7082 are provided in the following table:

21h 29m 17s
+47° 07’ 34”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 7082 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Finder chart NGC 7082 - Open Cluster in Cygnus star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 7082 - Open Cluster in Cygnus.

Finder chart NGC 7082 - Open Cluster in Cygnus star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 7082 - Open Cluster in Cygnus.

Rise ans set times of NGC 7082 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

NGC 7082 - Open Cluster in Cygnus is circumpolar and transits at 20:55 UTC (altitude: 85.6°)